Title: The Last Answer

Title: The Last Answer Title Record # 49748
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1980-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Language: English
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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1981^ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr	German	Die letzte Antwort
1984^ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr	German	Dumm gefragt ...
1984^ⓘTranslated by Bodo Baumann	German	Die Letzte Antwort
1984^ⓘTranslated by Giuseppe Lippi	Italian	L'ultima Risposta
1985^ⓘTranslated by Monique Lebailly.	French	La dernière réponse^?La derniere reponse
1987^ⓘTranslated by Hugo Kuipers	Dutch	Het laatste antwoord
1988^ⓘTranslated by Rosa S. de Naveira	Spanish	La última respuesta
1988^ⓘTranslated by France-Marie Watkins	French	La dernière réponse^?La derniere reponse
1996^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	Romanian	Cel din urmă răspuns^?Cel din urma raspuns

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
5	1981 Locus	Best Short Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1980	1980-01-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	Condé Nast		$1.25^?$: US dollar	180	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Paul Lehr
Microcosmic Tales	1980-09-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Taplinger	0-8008-5238-9	$12.95^?$: US dollar	[15]+ 325	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Ivy Strick
3 by Asimov: Three Science Fiction Tales	1981-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Targ Editions			18	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Tenth Annual Collection	1981-08-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	E. P. Dutton	0-525-06499-0	$12.50^?$: US dollar	xxx+ 225	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Mark Rubin
The Winds of Change and Other Stories	1983-03-18	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	0-385-18099-3	$15.95^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 269	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Kiyoshi Kanai
The Winds of Change and Other Stories	1983-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday / SFBC	2883	$3.98^?$: US dollar	269	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Kiyoshi Kanai
The Winds of Change and Other Stories	1984-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-05743-9	£1.95^?£: UK pound	330	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Chris Foss
The Winds of Change and Other Stories	1984-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-05743-9	£1.95^?£: UK pound	330	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Chris Foss
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories	1984-01-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31188-4	$2.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ 277	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Don Dixon
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories	1984-01-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31188-4	C$3.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	ix+ 277	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Don Dixon
The Winds of Change and Other Stories	1985-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-05743-9	£2.50^?£: UK pound	330	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Chris Foss
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov	1986-08-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	0-385-19782-9	$17.95^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Robert Aulicino
Robot Dreams	1986-11-00	Isaac Asimov	Berkley Books (Masterworks of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Byron Preiss))	0-425-09346-8	$50.00^?$: US dollar	349	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ralph McQuarrie
Robot Dreams	1986-11-00	Isaac Asimov	Berkley Books (Masterworks of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Byron Preiss))	0-425-09345-X	$7.95^?$: US dollar	349	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Ralph McQuarrie
Robot Dreams	1987-04-00	Isaac Asimov	Gollancz	0-575-04021-1	£10.95^?£: UK pound	349	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ralph McQuarrie
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories	1987-11-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31188-4	$3.50^?$: US dollar	ix+ 277	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Don Dixon
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov	1988-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Grafton	0-586-07498-8	£3.50^?£: UK pound	xiv+ 320	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Chris Foss
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov	1988-02-00	Isaac Asimov	Signet / New American Library	0-451-15196-8 / AE5196	$3.95^?$: US dollar	379	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov	1988-02-00	Isaac Asimov	Signet / New American Library of Canada	0-451-15196-8 / AE5196	C$4.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	379	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Robot Dreams	1988-05-00	Isaac Asimov	VGSF / Gollancz	0-575-04254-0	£3.95^?£: UK pound	349	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Robot Dreams	1989-00-00	Isaac Asimov	VGSF	0-575-04565-5	£3.50^?£: UK pound	474	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Ralph McQuarrie
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories	1989-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31188-4	$4.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ 277	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Don Dixon
The Winds of Change and Other Stories	1990-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Grafton	0-586-05743-9	£3.50^?£: UK pound	330	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Chris Foss
Robot Dreams	1990-06-00	Isaac Asimov	Ace Books	0-441-73154-6	$4.95^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 384	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Ralph McQuarrie
Microcosmic Tales	1992-06-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #883)	0-88677-532-9 / UE2532	$4.99^?$: US dollar	xxi+ 330	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Jim Burns
Robot Dreams	2004-06-00	Isaac Asimov	Ace Books	0-441-01183-7	$14.00^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 335	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Ralph McQuarrie
Robot Dreams	2014-09-29	Isaac Asimov	Recorded Books	978-1-4906-3310-7			digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll
Robot Dreams	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Ace Books	0-441-01183-7	$14.00^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 335	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Ralph McQuarrie
Robot Dreams	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Recorded Books				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Grafton	0-586-07498-8	£3.50^?£: UK pound	xiv+ 320	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Chris Foss

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